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Pink Floyd

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2012

    Coachella 4/20: Let's Talk About Weed

    Yesterday was 4/20. It was also Coachella. And so, the percentage of festival-goers who were stoned rose from a paltry 75 percent to a full 98 percent. (These estimates come courtesy of our editor, Ben Westhoff, who did a small survey with a margin of error of plus or minus 45 percent.) Believe it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    The Six Best Bass Lines Of All Time

    Bass has many forms -- electric, upright, synthesized. Whatever its shape, it is a crucial element to popular music. Most songs don't need good bass lines, but the ones that have them are propelled into greatness. Here are the six best bass lines. Please note that bass parts that parrot guitar par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    El Monstero 2011: Photos

    Kholood Eid​El Monstero: The Pink Floyd tribute capable of putting more asses in the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161) than any other force known to man. We're rolling through this season's six scheduled shows, and photographer Khoolod Eid was on hand Saturday to take in the sight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Win El Monstero Tickets

    ​The holiday we've been waiting for since the summer is nearly upon us! We are, obviously, referring to El Monstero, the Pink Floyd tribute show that takes over the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161) once a year for, in this case, six shows. The first of those shows is this weekend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    El Monstero Announces Five December Shows At The Pageant

    Paul Addotta​The Pink Floyd tribute juggernaut El Monstero has just announced its annual collection of shows at the Pageant: There will be five this year, on December 16, 17, 21, 22 and 23rd. Tickets are on sale now and cost $25 in advance or $30 day of show -- reserved balcony spots are $35. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    El Monstero's Biggest Stage Show Ever Is Saturday

    Paul Addotta​It's T-minus one day until El Monstero's first-ever summer show, and bassist Kevin Gagnepain is still receiving progress reports on what will be the band's biggest ever stage performance on Saturday at Jefferson Barracks Park. It takes about three hours to get him on the phone, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    El Monstero Ticket Giveaway

    Obviously you want to go to this. Photo by Paul Addotta.​El Monstero, the Pink Floyd tribute that makes all other tributes look more like sheepish compliments, is back for its first ever summer installment. This Saturday, July 9th, the Monster hits the Veteran's Memorial Amphitheater in Jeffe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Contest! Win a Hardee's Official Opening Day Party Zone Shirt and a Pair of RFT Sunglasses! [Updated With Winners!]

    Chrissy WilmesSpecial thanks to our model, Calendar Editor Paul​In case you didn't know, the Cardinals' opening day is sort of a big deal. Folks skip work, camp out for tickets and tailgate a whole lot harder than usual. This year, aside from the smaller celebrations taking place all over St ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2010

    The El Monstero juggernaut continues to shine on in 2010

    Chrissy WilmesSpecial thanks to our model, Calendar Editor Paul​In case you didn't know, the Cardinals' opening day is sort of a big deal. Folks skip work, camp out for tickets and tailgate a whole lot harder than usual. This year, aside from the smaller celebrations taking place all over St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    El Monstero Discusses...Sammy Hagar?

    Jon GitchoffEl Monstero at the Pageant, December 17, 2010​In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer tagged along to El Monstero practice and got details about this year's model of the Pink Floyd tribute extravaganza. Tickets are still available for the band's Christmas night show, although Dec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2010

    Review: El Monstero at the Pageant, Friday, December 17

    Jon Gitchoff​It takes cojones to play a set that, save for one song, draws entirely from Pink Floyd's The Wall -- when Roger Waters himself played the entire album in your town less than two months ago. But the masterminds behind El Monstero, St. Louis' annual December Pink Floyd tribute supe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    The Worst Cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb." Ever. [Video]

    Hey, you: Perhaps you missed Roger Waters' recent restaging of The Wall, but need tiding over before El Monstero's multi-night stand at the Pageant. Or perhaps you hate Pink Floyd and would like to see them banished from collective memory. Either way, have we got the clip for you. Behold this exqu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2010

    Review Photos: Roger Waters' The Wall Live Tour at the Scottrade Center, Friday, October 29

    Todd OwyoungRoger Waters' The Wall Live Tour at the Scottrade Center​If you're a Pink Floyd fan, Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour is a big deal: It's the first time in twenty years that the entire iconic album has been played live by someone associated with the band. Even if you're not a Pink ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2010

    Roger Waters' musical help on The Wall has ties to St. Louis

    Todd OwyoungRoger Waters' The Wall Live Tour at the Scottrade Center​If you're a Pink Floyd fan, Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour is a big deal: It's the first time in twenty years that the entire iconic album has been played live by someone associated with the band. Even if you're not a Pink ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 20, 2010

    Featured Review: Alex Gene Morrison: Black Economy

    Todd OwyoungRoger Waters' The Wall Live Tour at the Scottrade Center​If you're a Pink Floyd fan, Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour is a big deal: It's the first time in twenty years that the entire iconic album has been played live by someone associated with the band. Even if you're not a Pink ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2010

    Oktoberfest Ist Ausgezeichnet

    Todd OwyoungRoger Waters' The Wall Live Tour at the Scottrade Center​If you're a Pink Floyd fan, Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour is a big deal: It's the first time in twenty years that the entire iconic album has been played live by someone associated with the band. Even if you're not a Pink ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 4, 2010

    To Market!

    Todd OwyoungRoger Waters' The Wall Live Tour at the Scottrade Center​If you're a Pink Floyd fan, Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour is a big deal: It's the first time in twenty years that the entire iconic album has been played live by someone associated with the band. Even if you're not a Pink ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2010

    Bettye Lavette

    9 p.m. Friday, August 6. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Roger Waters' The Wall Tour Coming to St. Louis

    According to Billboard, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is performing the band's legendary album The Wall in full this fall -- and the tour is coming to St. Louis. The date is October 29 at Scottrade Center; info should be up on his official website in a few hours. The Billboard article says: Prior to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Over the Weekend: El Monstero at the Pageant, Pitbull at Home Nightclub and "Sexy Santas" at Sol Lounge

    It's going to be difficult to get any real work done during this short holiday week, so why even try? What you need to do is spend the next couple days sitting at your computer pretending to do work. (You know, like what you do the other 51 weeks of the year only this time with more gusto!) Here to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2009

    Show Review Photos: El Monstero at the Pageant, Night One, Friday, December 18

    Each year in St. Louis, the official kick-off to the holidays becomes more and more synonymous with the series of shows performed by the local Pink Floyd tribute act El Monstero y Los Masked Avengers. It's a seasonal reunion of sorts for the aging KSHE crowd who grew up with Floyd's haunting psyched ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2009

    El Monstero y los Masked Avengers

    8 p.m. Friday, December 18, Saturday, December 19 and Wednesday, December 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Music

    December 17, 2008

    A Monstrous Anniversary: After a decade together, the Lou's premier Pink Floyd tribute act, El Monstero, gets its prog on for six nights

    8 p.m. Friday, December 18, Saturday, December 19 and Wednesday, December 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Review Photos Setlist: Smashing Pumpkins at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, Wednesday, November 26

    Setlist and words from Shae Moseley. Can anyone help with the question marks? Photos by Todd Owyoung.Slide ShowPink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" has been a setlist staple on this fall's Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary Tour. But Floyd's influence was actually quite easy to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Interview: Australian Pink Floyd keyboardist Jason Sawford

    Setlist and words from Shae Moseley. Can anyone help with the question marks? Photos by Todd Owyoung.Slide ShowPink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" has been a setlist staple on this fall's Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary Tour. But Floyd's influence was actually quite easy to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: November 7-9

    Setlist and words from Shae Moseley. Can anyone help with the question marks? Photos by Todd Owyoung.Slide ShowPink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" has been a setlist staple on this fall's Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary Tour. But Floyd's influence was actually quite easy to s ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2008

    Logos

    Beautiful Disguise EP
    (self-released)

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    The Weekend That Was in St. Louis: What Else Happened?

    Beautiful Disguise EP
    (self-released)

  • Music

    March 28, 2007

    The Haunted

    6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2007

    Go! 3/23-3/25

    6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).

  • Music

    December 20, 2006

    Wish You Were Here

    B-Sides gets the skinny on El Monstero's Pink Floyd homage and gives our annual list of songs to make those pesky party hangers-on vamoose.

  • Music

    November 1, 2006

    Moneen

    7 p.m. Thursday, November 2. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

  • Music

    June 28, 2006

    Between the Buried and Me

    The Anatomy Of (Victory)

  • Music

    May 24, 2006

    The Church

    Uninvited, Like the Clouds (Cooking Vinyl)

  • Music

    April 26, 2006

    Secret Machines

    Ten Silver Drops (Reprise)

  • Music

    April 5, 2006

    Ambulance LTD

    New English EP (TVT)

  • Music

    November 23, 2005

    Pimping All Over the World

    B-Sides gets gangsta with Burt Bacharach, imagines a rainbow of worldly bands and dissects the nuances of two trumpets

  • Music

    June 29, 2005

    We Aren't the World

    A critical fatwa of Live 8

  • Music

    May 25, 2005

    The Fucking Champs with Zombi

    Monday, May 30; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

  • Music

    September 1, 2004

    The Scissor Sisters

    The Scissor Sisters (Universal)

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2004

    Music for Bookstores

    Brian Eno's got nothing

  • Music

    November 19, 2003

    St. Louis Blues

    Radar Station mourns the chill of winter lineups

  • Music

    September 17, 2003

    Appleseed Cast

    Two Conversations (Tiger Style)

  • Music

    September 17, 2003

    Cave-In

    Sunday, September 21; Mississippi Nights

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2003

    9/11 Memorial in a Pub

    Barfly does The Guys

  • Music

    March 26, 2003

    King of Rock

    Rhymer Common breaks new ground on his adventurous, rock-infused new disc

  • Music

    January 29, 2003
  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002
  • Film

    July 24, 2002

    Film Openings

    Week of July 24, 2002

  • Music

    October 25, 2000

    Sound in Motion

    Former (and future?) Fugee Wyclef Jean arrives in St. Louis to present The Ecleftic

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